Tag Archives: Keystone XL

Marvelous

Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Monte Wolverton In other news, according to a report form Roll Call, Speaker Boehner is planning to attach the Keystone XL pipeline to the next 90-day extension of the transportation funding bill. They’ll never stop fucking that chicken. … Continue reading →

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Still Laughing

Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Joe Heller In other news, Speaker Boehner indicated today that House Republicans intend to take an infrastructure bill and payroll tax-cuts hostage and their ransom demand will be the Keystone XL pipeline that won’t create jobs and won’t … Continue reading →

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Keystone is Dead

Posted on January 18, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

As predicted, the Keystone XL pipeline has now been officially rejected by the Obama Administration after the Republicans chose to hasten the timeline for approval with a rider inserted into legislation that extended payroll tax-cuts and unemployment benefits for 2 … Continue reading →

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There Is No Poison Pill. Yet.

Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

Since this is inevitably going to be the next outrage-cow to be milked in the name of faux-accountability, it makes sense to get out ahead of it. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate voted on Saturday to extend a payroll tax … Continue reading →

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